take coals to Newcastle

English - Turkish

Definition of take coals to Newcastle in English Turkish dictionary: gereksiz yere eşya götürmek; denize su taşımak; k. dili, bak. carry coals to Newcastle

English - English

Definition of take coals to Newcastle in English English dictionary: take an unnecessary item to an area where it is already plentiful (such as taking ice to Antarctica)
coals to Newcastle: A pointless venture, in the sense of sending something to a place where it's made, or where they already have an abundance
No more coals to Newcastle, no more Hoares to Paris.
coals to Newcastle: something brought unnecessarily to an area where the thing is already plentiful (such as taking ice to Antarctica)

take coals to Newcastle

Hyphenation

take coals to New·cas·tle

teyk kōlz tı nukäsıl

/ˈtāk ˈkōlz tə ˈno͞oˌkasəl/ /ˈteɪk ˈkoʊlz tə ˈnuːˌkæsəl/

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